I live in an apartment, and have two snakes. A Boa and a Python. They are only around 4ft long. Guess it depends on who your landlord is. My landlord had no problem. In fact, his daughter has snakes too. I tell him I keep locks on the lids, and etc. They wont be outside like a dog, crapping all over the yard to be stepped in later. Or a cat that meows all night long. They don't stink like some animals. Guess, it would depend on who your landlord is. There are no rules against having snakes cause apparently there aren't enough people trying to move into an apartment with snakes. All you can do is ask, and explain how it will be caged, and etc and see what happens...